It's up to you. But for used pucks I always take out of mug rinse in hot tap water, put back in mug and if it's dried and cracked I add a little hot water and let stand for a day till water is dried up. The way yours looks, I'd just rinse and just lightly cover with hot water and let stand till next morning, that soap will come to life but I doubt if the old scent will.
@RyX See, it is possible to get the puck to sit still in the bowl. You just need a bit of patience....
No need to soak. Rinse it off when you go to use and have at it. The water from a damp brush will pick up the soap. OS soap is nothing special really. I think vintage Colgate and Williams are much better. If you want the OS scent add a few drops of the AS when you start to build your lather. No need to worry about taking it out of the mug either. Enjoy the shaves!
Disagree. I get a really shiny, slick lather AND it smells great. The aftermarket price for the refill pucks has exploded. Just yesterday, two NOS sold for $80.
Wow that is far too much for a soap that I once paid $o.50 for. I love Old Spice but this last puck of mine is going to be used on just Holidays.
Meh. People go brain dead like that because it has Old Spice in the label. The lather is no better then other soaps of the period. I think Colgate is just as good. I get a great lather too. Mine has no scent left though.
Most of the Vintage soaps, Williams, Palmolive, Old Spice, Colgate, etc.were mostly working mens soaps back in the day, each giving a great lather. Vintage out of production soaps are more of a fond memory shave. Personally when a puck of vintage is gone I cut a piece of Cella off a kilo an get another great lather.
Very good point. That working man feel is great. I need to get a chunk of Cella. Then again I could never buy another ounce of soap and shave the rest of my life with all I have.
Well i suppose you are correct. The sweet spot for shaving soap performance is very wide and its rare that a "shaving soap" will miss it. You may get the odd artisan product exceeding the spot and you get the odd "lifestyle product" falling short (hello Cade) but mostly, they work ok. I actually really enjoy vintage shaving soaps. I think they were particularly good because they had to fulfil the promise of a shaving soap else nobody would buy them. Back in the day, product perfomance was primary. Lifestyle products and manufacturers trying to appeal to vegan hippies were mostly unheard of. You made a soap to work well and it would sell. My vintage Yardley and Cussons shaving soap blow away most of my current shaving soaps in performance and are a joy to use. That said, genuine shaving soap manufactures can still make shaving soap every bit as good. Notably Arko.
